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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (25 Nov 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: 427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44934/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: I am learning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: To return to the point the Governor made about extending credit to builders and developers in the context of the supply problem that we have, I can understand why he said what he did, but it leaves the Minister for Finance or the Minister with responsibility for housing with a difficult problem in the context of the acute shortage of supply, at least in the capital city, where there are few...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: Chairman, could I ask a question following on from that? I have an e-mail here from a lady whose mortgage was sold to Lone Star, and her layperson's question is whether she is more vulnerable now than with the original mortgager.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: I thank Mr. Hogan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: I thank the members of the Fiscal Advisory Council for attending. I have a single question. It would be a shame for the witnesses to visit a political establishment and not be asked a political question. We all understand, I hope, the thrust of what they have been saying in the advice they have been giving. I did not understand until now that Fianna Fáil would take €2 billion...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (9 Dec 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconcile the apparently low income and corporate tax take, €1.15 million for 2012, the maximum possible tax take based on €700,000 in income tax-related profits and €6.4 million in corporation tax-related profits, from a multi-million euro thoroughbred breeding industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46984/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Provision (9 Dec 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: 340. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 was taken off the orthodontic treatment programme; when the written letter of appeal to recommence treatment dated 25 August 2014 will be responded to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47174/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works (10 Dec 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: Most of the OPW's property is owned but not all of it. Of the rented portfolio, has the OPW had any success in renegotiating leases that were agreed to during the boom times? Have efforts been made to renegotiate and have landlords presented obstacles?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works (10 Dec 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: Has there been any success where there are upward-only rent review clauses or has the OPW been flatly refused?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works (10 Dec 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: I refer to Deputy Sean Fleming's point. If we cannot renegotiate some of them in the times that are in it, it is a little unlikely that we will be able to do so when the commercial property market tightens, as it has been. I accept what Ms McGrath stated about old-style properties, but if there has been a reduction of 12% in numbers, is it too simplistic to think she might be able to tell a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works (10 Dec 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: I am aware of a rent figure or two that, if they were not boom-time rates, were close to it. Did the OPW make any contribution to dealing with the homeless problem?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works (10 Dec 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: Is it a short-term measure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works (10 Dec 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: Is there re-equipping and refitting work taking place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works (10 Dec 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: With the note she is sending in response to Deputy Sean Fleming's questions, Ms McGrath might include a note to give us some idea of the properties being fitted out for this purpose.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: Deputy Wallace should go ahead or he will lose his slot.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Proposed Legislation (20 Jan 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: 580. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the minerals development Bill 2015 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2253/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (27 Jan 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: 203. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that Horse Racing Ireland is seeking to secure an adequate and consistent level of multi-annual funding from the Exchequer for horse racing here; if he proposes to increase the tax contribution from the thoroughbred breeding industry in view of the 2012 yields €700,000 in income tax returns and €6.4 million in corporation...

Topical Issue Debate: Anti-Social Behaviour (28 Jan 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: Anti-social behaviour is eating away at the heart of some of our communities and causing misery for families trapped in certain neighbourhoods. I am thankful to the Minister for Justice and Equality for being here. This is not an issue that the actions of a single Minister can combat sufficiently. There are a number of different dimensions to this problem. Certainly, policing is one of...

Topical Issue Debate: Anti-Social Behaviour (28 Jan 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for her reply. She is correct in stating that we are talking about small gangs of out-of-control youths. I look forward to the commencement of the legislation to which she referred, but it is very important that the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government send a signal to local authorities that they are expected to enforce their own code. There is...